Today's game is some more Minecraft (Attack of the B-Team). I've started moving into a larger house from my small little shack. It was chill building it. I didnt have any grand fancy plans or anything. I just spaced out and built whatever i wanted. It was nice. I think that's the chill of older minecraft. Not too put newer minecraft down but it has a lot more going on i feel like so it's easier to get distracted and get pulled out of a sort of "zen" moment you get going while building. Or maybe i'm thinking too much on a block game. That's a possibility too.

I built my home over a ravine so it can just take those stairs down whenever i need too mine. I need too extend the walls down i think to prevent anything from coming up stairs but after that i think i'm very pleased with this house. It's got a nice feel too it that i can't put my finger on. Maybe i'll put the tinker's construct forge and the Altar down in the basement too. I'm not sure yet whether that's definitely what i want to do, but i do need somewhere too put them.

One of the last things i did before getting off was move everything out. Moving out of shacks like this always makes me nostalgic because i build them like this because of the old tutorial world on console edition. It feels like something of another goodbye until i see a shack like that next time. I moved my bed out and placed it down in the new home.

Today’s game is some more Halo 2. I managed to nab one of my friends to join me this time and we played through almost the entire thing in one sitting. Genuinely I think the only thing left for us is the Great Journey.

It’s weird in a way in retrospect. When I first started Halo (something I detailed when I started posting these) I wasn’t very good. Granted I was playing legendary but still. Levels took upwards of 30 minutes to do. And now look at me, certain levels I can clear sub 6 minutes. It’s really fascinating to see how I’ve grown. I only wish there was a way to solidly chart my skill level.

Something I just found out for the first time today was that Sentinels? Apparently they can scoop up your tank and crush you. No idea they could do that. Usually I shoot them down before they get that far but this time I didn’t get so lucky I suppose. It’s funny to me that I’m still learning new things, and ironic I guess following my last sentence about how good I feel I’ve gotten.

One of the last things of note I wanted to leave with (I’m trying to stick too a 3 screenshot policy when it comes to Halo to try and limit myself and see what I can prioritize) was this waterfall. It caught my attention because driving past in the tank I noticed it makes noise. It’s a little thing I know. But little details like that are really what makes this game special to me. And besides, it’s been a while since I talked about game water that caught my attention.

Today's game is Halo 2. All my friends have been busy with their fancy shmancy Tomodachi Life 2 that they bought. So i've been left alone. So what better to do when left alone than play Halo 2? I played the first 3 levels, and when i got too the 3rd one i decided too take the Gauss Hog up too the roof and ramp off it too get on the Scarab with it. It ended up taking multiple attempt but i pulled it off. I ended up getting it all the way too that T-Shaped hallway before getting stuck. Leaving Sgt. Stacker behind i went on my own and killed the last Elite that was blocking my way.

If you notice i'm playing at a low resolution, that's because i decided too play at the OG xbox resolution. I even went in and limited the FPS too 30 FPS. I have a old VGA monitor i would have even hooked it up too but currently i don't have a GPU that can do VGA nor do i have an adapter. I do think i want too see if it's possible too get an ancient one on my system though just too use with that monitor for retro games.

I'm gonna keep this short because it's Halo 2 and i've said lots about it before, but it really is a pretty game. It feels like a balance between CE and 3. CE is stellar gameplay, while 3 is all hype epic moments. This strikes a nice balance of both. It does feel as if it loses a bit of CE's "Acid trip" feel, but i think that serves too accentuate CE's vibe more and make it unique. 2 Feels as if it's trying to be an epic movie and i love it for that. It embodies what i think of when i think Xbox.

Today’s game is Stardew Valley. And late. Way later than usual. I know I hit that upload button after typing a whole bit about how I respect concerned ape. So either I’m losing my grip on reality or something stopped it. So just this once I I’ll give myself a pass because I genuinely don’t know why the hell it didn’t get uploaded (though, to be honest I’m debating if I want to even leave the limit I imposed on myself. Everyone seems to enjoy it regardless of that).

Me and some friends played Stardew last night. One of my friends even got married. This is his first time playing Stardew so I helped him along getting the whole thing happening. Between what Penny likes and getting the Mermaid pendant. I even bought him a bunch of Melons to grow for her. It’s almost like seeing myself learn to play the game again. It’s entertaining.

I set up a shed too on my farm and filled it wine kegs. This is my “Keg Shed”. I make wine here and that’s it. I’ve also got a preserve barrel Keg though for my Fish Farm. So between those two I’ve got a pretty solid source of income.

Finally, and this is the part that makes me know for sure I did this last night, since we’re in winter I got to see everyone’s winter outfits. I hadn’t seen them until then but I like Haley and Shane’s.

That brings me to my other point. I have a lot of respect for concerned ape. He’s been doing this for around 10 years. That’s a hell of a commitment. Compared to my screenshots I’ve only been doing this for a little less than 2 years. I supposed he makes a living off it so it’s different. But still. It’s respectable that he continues to update it.

Today’s game is Minecraft. Specifically Attack of The B-Team. Growing up I had a specific fondness for this mod-pack after seeing a YouTuber I liked play a whole series of it. If I had to pick 3 mods/mod-packs that caught my attention before I owned Minecraft this would probably be at the top, followed by Digimobs, and then Pixelmon (for a while I also had a soft spot for Hexxit too).

I actually set this up as a server for me and my friends. It took a little more work since it’s Minecraft 1.6.4, but I got there. The first issue I ran into is Java 8 wouldn’t work. Then the server wasn’t loading the right world type. I ended up figuring out I was launching the wrong jar file. I was launching Forge, while I needed to be launching BTeam.jar.

After that though I got it all setup. It’s nice to be playing this again. This is my ideal “classic mod-pack” and playing it’s like a rush of nostalgia.

I didn’t play long, as setting up the server ate up most of my free time but once I did get it set up I made a bee line for somewhere and started building a house too live in. Once I get back on, just having somewhere safe to live will be nice.

Today's game is Halo. Mostly Halo 3. Me and some friends got together too play again today and i just took a bunch of screenshots. I'm gonna have too ask too be excused from the unusual aspect ratio. My friends have gotten really into using my pictures as wallpapers and stuff for some reason, and so i've started shooting at the same resolution and aspect ratio as my DLSR too make it a little more familiar. I try to avoid editing the photos outside of what the game can do, so this is like the most pushing it i think i'll do.

During our campaign we kept killing eachother (as is tradition for Halo at this point). Here's Chief eating the curb after i sticky grenaded my friend playing Arbiter and he hit me with a grav hammer.

I spent a while trying to hook up OBS and mix it with some pipewire stuff too. My goal was too split the clips i was taking into 3 tracks: Game Audio, my mic, my friend's mic. That way when i share clips i just trim off tracks 3-6 and don't have too worry about my friend's voices.

I bring this up because it kept me idle for a bit. But when i came back, the first thing that caught my attention was this can on the ground. I spent way too long looking at it trying too figure out if it's a can or a torn up bag. I only concluded can after realizing it said "cola" on the side. That's how you can really tell i'm addicted too the game. I've played it so many times i'm looking at trash on the ground.

I also got this screenshot i really like (and this is where the aspect ratio gets weird because they wanted some for their phones). The picture of Arbiter floating dead in a pond like this is really funny too me for some reason. I have too imagine he said something too the wrong person.

In reality this is the result of the friend playing Arbiter stickying me and me retaliating with the Grav Hammer. I may have died but i sent him flying into the canal and got a picture i like. So really i won.

The final screenshot i wanted too share for the night was this one of my Spartan getting absolutely folded in half during a PvP match. It's something Halo always feels too get right. Something about the players dying in the most absurd ways has been a constant source of humor in the games. From CE's dramatic twirl too Reach's Spartan's falling like a snake it's great too see.

Today’s game is some more Ghost of Tsushima. I finished up the last of the side quests in the first area of the game, and now I’m gonna try and clear out the second one and work on its story a little. By doing that I’m hoping to have some fast mobility while doing whatever of the story is after.

That brings me to the screenshot. I was on my way to recover Jin’s armor when a storm followed me. I don’t know if it’s intentional but with the whole Storm and Wind motif going on it’s cool as fuck nonetheless.

While back in Azamo too I found this Samurai who’s been pinned to the wall with arrows. I took back Azamo already which raises the question of if this is new or if they’ve just left a corpse there for an ungodly amount of time. Nonetheless, it’s made a pretty cool shot (pun not intended).

One of the last things I did before returning to Jin’s home was go track down the Long Bow. This quest was a bit eh for me. The duel was definitely the best part but the actual hunt part I didn’t care for. To be honest there was one section where I had to circle around a bay to get down and it just felt very tedious.

Besides that though the duel was pretty cool and the bow is super handy. Makes shooting hats off enemies from great distance a cinch. After getting the bow.

I stopped outside a village that needed saved so I guess that’s what I’m doing first thing when I turns on the game again.

Today's game is some more Ghost of Tsushima. I've been going around cleaning up the side activities of the first region today. I have too say, i'm enjoying it more than i thought it would. Usually 100%ing open world games feels like a drag but this wasn't too bad.

I was doing the farms when i got the screenshot. I managed to freeze at just the right time that it looked like the guy got stabbed between his legs.

I also went exploring the ocean (ignore the weird corruption at the top. Pixelfed was weird when i uploaded it). I hadn't been by the coast yet by that point so i wanted too see what was up. It was pretty. I really enjoyed just looking at it and chilling for a bit.

I followed it up too this fort that i tried too break into. I wasn't able too so i have too assume it's a story mission and i'll come back later. I still circled the perimeter though to see if i could get in. I came really close by climbing the rocks and trying too jump the gap though.

After that i went back to doing quests. All in all it was a pretty chill day. I didn't expect 100%ing it to be so chill. It feels a lot less like a soulless grind and more like riding around doing stuff for fun.

Today’s game is Team Fortress 2. I had some friends asking me to play, and I love this game (despite its many problems), so I said sure and joined them for a game of 2fort that lasted nearly 30-40 minutes because we wouldn’t capture.

Despite the length that’s actually something I love about the game. The community itself takes itself so completely unseriously that it turns the game from something competitive to a social playground with a secondary objective. Granted, that playground is occupied by some weird ass people (to put it politely).

That social playground was my home though growing up in middle school and high school. I wouldn’t say I was lonely. But it did give me a sense of community I hadn’t felt at the time. In a way I suppose it’s responsible for me finding my way here as it taught me what having a community is like.

Enough of the sentiments though. How was the game doing? Well. I saw no bots this go around. Which is good. People were still being people though. I saw a guy create a slur for people who are green. Like straight up the color green.

I had fun with the escape plan and grenade taunting people who would round the corner to get me. At one point there were some guys with our Intel just chilling in the room and I blew myself up just to mess with them.

With my friend all being new though I saw they were struggling. So after 2 fort we spend a bit playing private servers with Bots. It really I think helped give them a chance to test the waters. I just wish it was easier to set up private games.

Those private games were what we got up too for the rest of the evening, and despite playing against bots I still had a boat load of fun with my friends.

Today’s game is Ghost of Tsushima.

I think photography as a hobby has started to take over my gaming. When I unlocked roaming the castle my first thought was “wow. Lots of cool elements to play with for photos”. It’s funny in a way. I’m started sharing screenshots I took for fun and now look at me. I’m here scouting out locations in games like a photographer. I even tried to spoof cameras in Halo.

I don’t have a lot to add to my progress. But lastly I wanted to share this flower I took a picture of at the fortress grounds. They stood out to me because they were all alone in that section of the pond. I wish I had found a way to capture the feeling of serene loneliness it had. But I had to settle just for the flower itself.

Today's game is some more Ghost of Tsushima. I spent all day today just enjoying the world and exploring. I was reading through my Photography text book and read people's eyes are drawn to brighter colors in pictures, so anyways here's a bright picture (and a not so bright subject matter).

This brings me too my first point. The early stealth kill animations are really brutal. Like, i have a pretty high tolerance too stuff like that but hearing the crunch as Jin stabs the guy is a whole other level.

While i was doing the mission where you save the Blacksmiths too i had this one guy die with his leg up in the air. I hadn't seen something like this in the game so i thought it was funny.

That brings me to my next point about this mission though. I thought it was a bit too long for being in such a small area. It felt like just running around the small space back and forth. It really dragged it out.

I had wanted too finish off the night by getting too the end of Chapter 1, but i hadn't realized it went on so long. I'll have to continue tomorrow because i genuinely ran out of time with how much there seems left to do.

One final subject i wanted too touch on is that this game makes me wish for a Robin Hood game. A lot of the "Tales of Tsushima" Remind me of some of the Robin Hood stories and really make me wish there was a video game version.

Today’s game is some more Ghost of Tsushima. Finally managed to figure out why my screenshots weren’t uploading. One of them was just barely over the limit for what Pixelfed could handle. I compressed them and I’m working a compression algorithm into my bash script for uploading so we’ll see if that helps prevent the issue from happening again.

I went and freed Azamo Bay today. I don’t think I did this when I played when I was younger so it’s a new experience. I kind of like the sandboxy stealth missions. Throw me into an enclosed area any day and I’ll have fun doing stealth.

I also realized I like these duels the game throws at you. I only remember the one when you storm the castle but I’m really liking these other ones. Especially when you have a form to use against them. It’s satisfying to tear through them like butter.

I also did one of the shrines. When I first played I actually did all of these, so doing these again was a bit nostalgic. Puzzle solving to figure out how to get up was refreshing in a way. I need more platforming like that in my life.

I ended the night by literally riding off into the sunset. I ended up waiting around to capture this photo. It feels a little more authentic than if I used the time adjustment feature. Plus I try to avoid editing as much as possible (though I do like to show the odd few artsy projects I’ve done).